Ashraf uz Zaman has more than 25 years of banking experience to his credit. He began his career as a Management Trainee Officer with American Express Bank Limited in 1994 and served in different mid-level positions in Customer Service, Foreign Remittance, Loans and Guarantees. He joined Eastern Bank Limited in 2000 and served in various departments and positions of the Bank including Branch Manager and Cluster Head, Retail Banking, Chattogram, Head of Branch Operations and Support of Retail Banking at Head Office. Before taking the charge of Head Corporate Business, Chattogram he has worked as Area Head, Chattogram, Corporate Banking, Head of Special Asset Management, Head of Compliance, Head of Monitoring and Deputy Chief Anti Money Laundering Compliance officer of EBL.

He obtained his Master’s degree in Accounting from University of Chittagong and completed Chartered Accountancy Course from Rahman Rahman Huq, Chartered Accountants. He has attended many training programs, workshops, seminars and conferences on Leadership Developments, Communications Skills, Operational Risk Management, Fraud Risk Management, Financial Crime Compliance, Compliance & Risk, Trade and Compliance and Managing Loan Recovery and Restructuring at home and abroad.